The Great Escape (1963)
Title: 'The Great Escape' (1963)
Genre: Awesome
Rating: 8.75
Stalag Luft III. Can we now, please, end the argument that the British are magic geniuses who take care of business when it lands on their plate? And, when they take care of business, shit goes crazy and the rest of the planet is like, 'Oh Snap!'.
These mo-fo's owned the civilized world, for the lov'a Cadbury's. Sure, England handed over America to a bunch of lugs in 1776, it just wasn't worth all the trouble. But, when the Yanks started to get too big for their bloomers, the Brits put 'em in check by kidnapping the President and burning down the White House in 1812. And, if you don't think the U.K. pulled off the most gob-smacking military and engineering triumphs of WWII, then you've been reading the wrong history books. The Battle of Britain, the Bouncing Bomb, the Spitfire... Fucking A right. Most of the kick-ass war movies are about the Brits. Only, more often than not, the screenwriter will re-write history by minimalizing Englands part, or turning them into yanks ('Saving Private Ryan' (1998), 'U-571' (2000), Flippin' 'Robin Hood' (1991)?!? I'm not even gonna touch on Mel Gibson). Look, I'll be the first to admit that I'm a British national, that's why I'm being so objective.
So, it's shocking that Steve McQueen wanted to have his part increased so he could show off his motorcycle skills. But that guy is a bad ass on a rope. Let him do his thing. Stay behind the lines people, there's some ninja kick, corn poppin', exploding face, bad-assery going on here.
Wait, is that Charles 'Crazy like Baretta' Bronson? And... Oh shit! It's the guy from 'The Rockford Files', The Guy. I need to watch this friggin' movie with my boots on.
Greatest escape movie ever. These guys were transported to maximum security Stalag Luft III because they were notorious for escaping. Dude when you put all of these Ultragalactic master sage virtuoso's behind one fence, don't be surprised if a shiny mecha-godzilla pops up and flattens your Volkswagon.
There was a special on the Discovery channel about a month ago, where they excavated one of the tunnels. I wished I'd seen this movie before the special. It would have made it that much more amazing. 'Cause they found the lanterns, tunnel electric wiring, Red-Cross milk tins that were used both to dig and to trade for goods with the guards.
In this special they dug a big hole. Bigger than a basket-ball court and over 30-feet down. You could see a fair sized legnth of the tunnel. Then two of the surviving Stalag prisoners showed up. And that's when things got all misty-eyed. For reals.
Bat-shit insane. It's recommended. I haven't seen 'Stalag 17' (1953) yet, but I hear that's a good'un too.
Also, those nazi's really were douches.
Genre: Awesome
Rating: 8.75
Stalag Luft III. Can we now, please, end the argument that the British are magic geniuses who take care of business when it lands on their plate? And, when they take care of business, shit goes crazy and the rest of the planet is like, 'Oh Snap!'.
These mo-fo's owned the civilized world, for the lov'a Cadbury's. Sure, England handed over America to a bunch of lugs in 1776, it just wasn't worth all the trouble. But, when the Yanks started to get too big for their bloomers, the Brits put 'em in check by kidnapping the President and burning down the White House in 1812. And, if you don't think the U.K. pulled off the most gob-smacking military and engineering triumphs of WWII, then you've been reading the wrong history books. The Battle of Britain, the Bouncing Bomb, the Spitfire... Fucking A right. Most of the kick-ass war movies are about the Brits. Only, more often than not, the screenwriter will re-write history by minimalizing Englands part, or turning them into yanks ('Saving Private Ryan' (1998), 'U-571' (2000), Flippin' 'Robin Hood' (1991)?!? I'm not even gonna touch on Mel Gibson). Look, I'll be the first to admit that I'm a British national, that's why I'm being so objective.
So, it's shocking that Steve McQueen wanted to have his part increased so he could show off his motorcycle skills. But that guy is a bad ass on a rope. Let him do his thing. Stay behind the lines people, there's some ninja kick, corn poppin', exploding face, bad-assery going on here.
Wait, is that Charles 'Crazy like Baretta' Bronson? And... Oh shit! It's the guy from 'The Rockford Files', The Guy. I need to watch this friggin' movie with my boots on.
Greatest escape movie ever. These guys were transported to maximum security Stalag Luft III because they were notorious for escaping. Dude when you put all of these Ultragalactic master sage virtuoso's behind one fence, don't be surprised if a shiny mecha-godzilla pops up and flattens your Volkswagon.
There was a special on the Discovery channel about a month ago, where they excavated one of the tunnels. I wished I'd seen this movie before the special. It would have made it that much more amazing. 'Cause they found the lanterns, tunnel electric wiring, Red-Cross milk tins that were used both to dig and to trade for goods with the guards.
In this special they dug a big hole. Bigger than a basket-ball court and over 30-feet down. You could see a fair sized legnth of the tunnel. Then two of the surviving Stalag prisoners showed up. And that's when things got all misty-eyed. For reals.
Bat-shit insane. It's recommended. I haven't seen 'Stalag 17' (1953) yet, but I hear that's a good'un too.
Also, those nazi's really were douches.
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